Latest about Eric Gales
Joe Satriani recruits Peter Frampton, Steve Lukather, Mateus Asato, Cory Wong, Nili Brosh and more for G4 V6.0 Experience 2023
Steve Morse, Alex Skolnick, Eric Gales, Andy James, and John 5 are also among the chosen players for four days of workshops, mentor sessions, exclusive live performances and other six-string activities
How Eric Gales’ signature licks can hot-wire your blues playing
Gales’ genre-mashing guitar style is rooted in the blues but takes exhilarating detours through his expansive musical vocabulary. This primer establishes the mood with some jazz chord melodies before tackling his lightning quick picking
Eric Gales on why he is not trying to be the next Jimi Hendrix – and why you shouldn’t be either
The king of blues-rock talks influences, signature gear, and the message behind his songs, and explains why any good guitar player must stamp their own personality on their sound
Eric Gales gives a guided tour of his live and studio rig, and shows how he gets his "Darth Vader" tone
Gales signature pedals abound, of course, but what does the blues guitar ace do with his TC Electronic Ditto looper pedal?
Supersonic Blues Machine recruit Eric Gales, Sonny Landreth, Josh Smith, Ana Popovic, Charlie Starr and more for new album, Voodoo Nation
Hear the swampy lead single featuring Sonny Landreth, 8 Ball Lucy, now
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Eric Gales recalls Stevie Ray Vaughan asking him for an autograph when he was just 15 years old
“I told him my name was Eric Gales and he said, ‘I'm very aware of who you are!’”
30 left-handed guitarists who flipped the instrument on its head
We chart some of the most inspiring southpaws to ever pick up a six-string
Eric Gales and Devon Allman to host two-night Albert King tribute concert with Gibson Gives
The event will also benefit the National Blues Museum, which has appointed Gales as the newest member of its board of directors
Watch Eric Gales and Carlos Santana share the stage at the 1994 Woodstock Festival
A young Gales featured alongside his godfather for a blistering five-minute performance, which included all the hallmarks of what would become his own brand of blues
Eric Gales: “I could just look at a guitar and almost start crying! I have never been more in touch with myself than I am now”
The undisputed champ of electric blues guitar unpacks the styles and inspirations behind his latest album, the Joe Bonamassa-produced tour-de-force aptly titled Crown
